Oh, shit. Eddie blinks, realizing he's caught, and he has no idea what to say. Spider-Man is here, but Eddie doesn't care as much about comics, and he'd felt sure he'd be able to avoid this very situation with a superhero.

But Lord of the Rings? The Silmarillion? Eddie's been reading those books over and over since he was big enough to hold them.

"I read it," he blurts. "In a book."